About Gay Riley

Contents:

• GAY BAN
• WHY “WILD THGS” WAS A DEFG FILM FOR GAY MEN IN THE ’90S
• GAY BAN
• ‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY
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HE HAS CRANKED OUT ENDLS FLICKS SCE, AND, 2013, TRANSNED TO FULL-TIME TELEVISN STAR WH THE EERIE CRIME SERI THE FOLLOWG. BAN IS MARRIED TO ACTRS KYRA SEDGWICK. HE'S ALSO THE SPIRATN BEHD THE POPULAR POP CULTURE GAME SIX DEGRE OF KEV BAN.EARLY LIFEBAN WAS BORN KEV NORWOOD BAN ON JULY 8, 1958, PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA TO URBAN PLANNER/ARCHECT EDMUND BAN AND TEACHER AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST RUTH HILDA HOLM. HE IS THE YOUNGT OF SIX CHILDREN. HAVG THE LL TO ACTG AT A YOUNG AGE, BAN ATTEND THE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, THE MANNG STREET ACTOR'S THEATRE PHILALPHIA AND THE CIRCLE THE SQUARE THEATRE SCHOOL NEW YORK CY'S GREENWICH VILLAGE.MOVI AND TV SHOWS'ANIMAL HOE,' 'FOOTLOOSE'BAN BTED TO MOVI AS AN ROTC T AND ATERNY PLEDGE THE 1978 EDY NATNAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOE. HE WENT ON TO ROL THE HORROR CLASSIC FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) AND DER (1982), ALONG WH THE SOAP OPERA GUIDG LIGHT AND THE STAGE PRODUCTNS OF 40 DCE — WHICH TED HIM AN OBIE AWARD — AND BROADWAY'S THE SLAB BOYS. THEN ME A PART WH WHICH THE ACTOR WOULD FOREVER BE ASSOCIATED: AS REBELL CY TEEN REN MCCORMACK, WHO WAG WAR AGAST A SMALL TOWN FOR BANNG ROCK MIC AND DANCG, 1984'S FOOTLOOSE. BAN WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS CHARACTER'S OVER-THE-TOP DANCE SCEN.'A FEW GOOD MEN, 'THE RIVER WILD,' 'APOLLO 13'AFTER FOOTLOOSE ME A STRG OF MEDCRE MOVI FOR BAN, CLUDG QUICKSILVER (1986) AND SHE'S HAVG A BABY (1988). HE ENJOYED MORE SUCCS WH THE HORROR FILMS TREMORS AND FLATLERS 1990, BEFORE PLAYG A GAY HTLER OLIVER STONE'S JFK THE FOLLOWG YEAR. SUDNLY, THE ACTOR FOUND HIMSELF A SLEW OF MEMORABLE MOVI, -STARRG WH WHAT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE HOLLYWOOD: A FEW GOOD MEN (1992), WH {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}JACK NICHOLSON AND TOM CISE; A GOLN GLOBE-NOMATED ROLE THE RIVER WILD (1994), WH MERYL STREEP; APOLLO 13 (1995), WH TOM HANKS; AND SLEEPERS (1996), WH SEAN PENN, TIM ROBBS AND ROBERT DE NIRO.'WILD THGS,' 'MYSTIC RIVER,' 'THE WOODSMAN'FOLLOWG THE SEXUALLY TGED NEO-NOIR WILD THGS (1998), BAN RETURNED TO HORROR FARE BY HEADLG STIR OF ECHO (1999) AND HOLLOW MAN (2000). HE DISPLAYED HIS PENCHANT FOR PLAYG DARK, TROUBLED CHARACTERS THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED MYSTIC RIVER (2003) AND THE WOODSMAN (2004), THE LATTER ALSO FEATURG HIS WIFE, SEDGWICK. BAN THEN RETEAMED WH HIS OTHER HALF AS DIRECTOR OF LOVER BOY (2005) AND WENT ON TO A PROMENT SUPPORTG ROLE FROST/NIXON (2008).'TAKG CHANCE,' 'X-MEN: FIRST CLASS'THE ACTOR EARNED STRONG REVIEWS FOR PORTRAYG A U.S. MARE WHO RETURNS THE REMAS OF A FALLEN SOLDIER THE 2009 DRAMA TAKG CHANCE, RULTG A SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD AND THE FIRST GOLN GLOBE W OF HIS REER. HE ALSO IMPRSED AS THE VILLAO SEBASTIAN SHAW X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011), AND FOLLOWED WH THE LARGELY WELL-RECEIVED ROMANTIC EDY CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (2011), THOUGH A RETURN TO IC BOOK-SPIRED MAYHEM R.I.P.D. (2013) FELL FLAT.'THE FOLLOWG,' 'BLACK MASS'THE YEAR 2013 ALSO SAW BAN EMBARK ON HIS FIRST SMALL SCREEN STARRG ROLE WH THE FOLLOWG. HE PLAYED RYAN HARDY, A FORMER FBI AGENT TRYG TO REPTURE A SOCPATH WH A CULT OF GROUPI, DURG THE THREE-SEASON N OF THE CRIME DRAMA. BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN, THE ACTOR NTUED WH THE THEME OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BLACK MASS (2015), ABOUT THE CRIMAL ACTIVI OF MOB BOSS JAM "WHEY" BULGER, AND PATRTS DAY (2016), ABOUT THE 2013 BOSTON MARATHON BOMBGS.'I LOVE DICK,' 'CY ON A HILL'BAN'S NEXT TV ROLE WAS PLAYG AN ARTIST-WBOY WHO BE THE MUTUAL FATUATN FOR A HBAND AND WIFE THE OFFBEAT EDY I LOVE DICK. HE SRED THE THIRD GOLN GLOBE NOMATN OF HIS REER, THOUGH THE SHOW FAILED TO GET PICKED UP FOR A SEND SEASON. UNTERRED, BAN RETURNED TO SCRIPTED TV THE FOLLOWG YEAR SHOWTIME'S CY ON A HILL, AS A VETERAN FBI AGENT FORCED TO ACMODATE AN AMB NEW BOSTON DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THE ACTOR THEN MA HIS FIRST BIG SCREEN APPEARANCE FOUR YEARS ALONGSI AMANDA SEYIED THE HNTED HOE HORROR FLICK YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT (2020).MARRIAGE TO KYRA SEDGWICKBAN AND SEDGWICK MET WHILE DOG AMERIN PLAYHOE'S PRODUCTN OF LEMON SKY 1987, AND MARRIED THE FOLLOWG YEAR. BAN EVEN DIRECTED SEDGWICK ON OCSN, CLUDG SEVERAL EPISOS OF HER SERI THE CLOSER. THIS LONG-STANDG CELEBRY UPLE HAS RAISED TWO KIDS TOGETHER – TRAVIS (B. 1989) AND SOSIE (B. 1992) – AND OVERE MAJOR CHALLENG, CLUDG LOSG A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BERNIE MADOFF'S PONZI SCHEME.SIX DEGRE OF KEV BANIN THE MID-1990S, FOLLOWG THE SUCCS OF THE STAGE PLAY SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, A GROUP OF LLEGE IENDS TRODUCED THE SIX DEGRE OF KEV BAN BOOK AND PARLOR GAME, WHICH TASKS PARTICIPANTS WH LKG THE ACTOR TO OTHER HOLLYWOOD STARS THE FEWT NNECTNS. ALTHOUGH HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN "HORRIFIED" BY THE IA AT FIRST, BAN EVENTUALLY BEME A FAN OF THE GAME. IN 2007, HE BEGAN AN ONLE NONPROF VENTURE PALIZG ON THE NAME, .THE BAN BROTHERS BANDWHEN NOT ACTG OR SPENDG TIME WH HIS FAY, THIS CELEB MAK FOLK-ROCK MIC WH HIS BROTHER MICHAEL BAN, AN EMMY AWARD-WNG POSER. THEIR BAND, THE BAN BROTHERS, RELEASED THEIR EIGHTH ALBUM 2018. THIS OUTLET FS BAN'S NOVATIVE SI WAYS ACTG DON'T. "I DON'T CREATE THE MOVI I'M ," HE TOLD 2012. 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GAY BAN

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WHY “WILD THGS” WAS A DEFG FILM FOR GAY MEN IN THE ’90S

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‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY

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HE HAS CRANKED OUT ENDLS FLICKS SCE, AND, 2013, TRANSNED TO FULL-TIME TELEVISN STAR WH THE EERIE CRIME SERI THE FOLLOWG. BAN IS MARRIED TO ACTRS KYRA SEDGWICK. HE'S ALSO THE SPIRATN BEHD THE POPULAR POP CULTURE GAME SIX DEGRE OF KEV BAN.EARLY LIFEBAN WAS BORN KEV NORWOOD BAN ON JULY 8, 1958, PHILALPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA TO URBAN PLANNER/ARCHECT EDMUND BAN AND TEACHER AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST RUTH HILDA HOLM. HE IS THE YOUNGT OF SIX CHILDREN. HAVG THE LL TO ACTG AT A YOUNG AGE, BAN ATTEND THE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, THE MANNG STREET ACTOR'S THEATRE PHILALPHIA AND THE CIRCLE THE SQUARE THEATRE SCHOOL NEW YORK CY'S GREENWICH VILLAGE.MOVI AND TV SHOWS'ANIMAL HOE,' 'FOOTLOOSE'BAN BTED TO MOVI AS AN ROTC T AND ATERNY PLEDGE THE 1978 EDY NATNAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOE. HE WENT ON TO ROL THE HORROR CLASSIC FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) AND DER (1982), ALONG WH THE SOAP OPERA GUIDG LIGHT AND THE STAGE PRODUCTNS OF 40 DCE — WHICH TED HIM AN OBIE AWARD — AND BROADWAY'S THE SLAB BOYS. THEN ME A PART WH WHICH THE ACTOR WOULD FOREVER BE ASSOCIATED: AS REBELL CY TEEN REN MCCORMACK, WHO WAG WAR AGAST A SMALL TOWN FOR BANNG ROCK MIC AND DANCG, 1984'S FOOTLOOSE. BAN WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS CHARACTER'S OVER-THE-TOP DANCE SCEN.'A FEW GOOD MEN, 'THE RIVER WILD,' 'APOLLO 13'AFTER FOOTLOOSE ME A STRG OF MEDCRE MOVI FOR BAN, CLUDG QUICKSILVER (1986) AND SHE'S HAVG A BABY (1988). HE ENJOYED MORE SUCCS WH THE HORROR FILMS TREMORS AND FLATLERS 1990, BEFORE PLAYG A GAY HTLER OLIVER STONE'S JFK THE FOLLOWG YEAR. SUDNLY, THE ACTOR FOUND HIMSELF A SLEW OF MEMORABLE MOVI, -STARRG WH WHAT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE HOLLYWOOD: A FEW GOOD MEN (1992), WH {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}JACK NICHOLSON AND TOM CISE; A GOLN GLOBE-NOMATED ROLE THE RIVER WILD (1994), WH MERYL STREEP; APOLLO 13 (1995), WH TOM HANKS; AND SLEEPERS (1996), WH SEAN PENN, TIM ROBBS AND ROBERT DE NIRO.'WILD THGS,' 'MYSTIC RIVER,' 'THE WOODSMAN'FOLLOWG THE SEXUALLY TGED NEO-NOIR WILD THGS (1998), BAN RETURNED TO HORROR FARE BY HEADLG STIR OF ECHO (1999) AND HOLLOW MAN (2000). HE DISPLAYED HIS PENCHANT FOR PLAYG DARK, TROUBLED CHARACTERS THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED MYSTIC RIVER (2003) AND THE WOODSMAN (2004), THE LATTER ALSO FEATURG HIS WIFE, SEDGWICK. BAN THEN RETEAMED WH HIS OTHER HALF AS DIRECTOR OF LOVER BOY (2005) AND WENT ON TO A PROMENT SUPPORTG ROLE FROST/NIXON (2008).'TAKG CHANCE,' 'X-MEN: FIRST CLASS'THE ACTOR EARNED STRONG REVIEWS FOR PORTRAYG A U.S. MARE WHO RETURNS THE REMAS OF A FALLEN SOLDIER THE 2009 DRAMA TAKG CHANCE, RULTG A SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD AND THE FIRST GOLN GLOBE W OF HIS REER. HE ALSO IMPRSED AS THE VILLAO SEBASTIAN SHAW X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011), AND FOLLOWED WH THE LARGELY WELL-RECEIVED ROMANTIC EDY CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (2011), THOUGH A RETURN TO IC BOOK-SPIRED MAYHEM R.I.P.D. (2013) FELL FLAT.'THE FOLLOWG,' 'BLACK MASS'THE YEAR 2013 ALSO SAW BAN EMBARK ON HIS FIRST SMALL SCREEN STARRG ROLE WH THE FOLLOWG. HE PLAYED RYAN HARDY, A FORMER FBI AGENT TRYG TO REPTURE A SOCPATH WH A CULT OF GROUPI, DURG THE THREE-SEASON N OF THE CRIME DRAMA. BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN, THE ACTOR NTUED WH THE THEME OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BLACK MASS (2015), ABOUT THE CRIMAL ACTIVI OF MOB BOSS JAM "WHEY" BULGER, AND PATRTS DAY (2016), ABOUT THE 2013 BOSTON MARATHON BOMBGS.'I LOVE DICK,' 'CY ON A HILL'BAN'S NEXT TV ROLE WAS PLAYG AN ARTIST-WBOY WHO BE THE MUTUAL FATUATN FOR A HBAND AND WIFE THE OFFBEAT EDY I LOVE DICK. HE SRED THE THIRD GOLN GLOBE NOMATN OF HIS REER, THOUGH THE SHOW FAILED TO GET PICKED UP FOR A SEND SEASON. UNTERRED, BAN RETURNED TO SCRIPTED TV THE FOLLOWG YEAR SHOWTIME'S CY ON A HILL, AS A VETERAN FBI AGENT FORCED TO ACMODATE AN AMB NEW BOSTON DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THE ACTOR THEN MA HIS FIRST BIG SCREEN APPEARANCE FOUR YEARS ALONGSI AMANDA SEYIED THE HNTED HOE HORROR FLICK YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT (2020).MARRIAGE TO KYRA SEDGWICKBAN AND SEDGWICK MET WHILE DOG AMERIN PLAYHOE'S PRODUCTN OF LEMON SKY 1987, AND MARRIED THE FOLLOWG YEAR. BAN EVEN DIRECTED SEDGWICK ON OCSN, CLUDG SEVERAL EPISOS OF HER SERI THE CLOSER. THIS LONG-STANDG CELEBRY UPLE HAS RAISED TWO KIDS TOGETHER – TRAVIS (B. 1989) AND SOSIE (B. 1992) – AND OVERE MAJOR CHALLENG, CLUDG LOSG A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BERNIE MADOFF'S PONZI SCHEME.SIX DEGRE OF KEV BANIN THE MID-1990S, FOLLOWG THE SUCCS OF THE STAGE PLAY SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, A GROUP OF LLEGE IENDS TRODUCED THE SIX DEGRE OF KEV BAN BOOK AND PARLOR GAME, WHICH TASKS PARTICIPANTS WH LKG THE ACTOR TO OTHER HOLLYWOOD STARS THE FEWT NNECTNS. ALTHOUGH HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN "HORRIFIED" BY THE IA AT FIRST, BAN EVENTUALLY BEME A FAN OF THE GAME. IN 2007, HE BEGAN AN ONLE NONPROF VENTURE PALIZG ON THE NAME, .THE BAN BROTHERS BANDWHEN NOT ACTG OR SPENDG TIME WH HIS FAY, THIS CELEB MAK FOLK-ROCK MIC WH HIS BROTHER MICHAEL BAN, AN EMMY AWARD-WNG POSER. THEIR BAND, THE BAN BROTHERS, RELEASED THEIR EIGHTH ALBUM 2018. THIS OUTLET FS BAN'S NOVATIVE SI WAYS ACTG DON'T. "I DON'T CREATE THE MOVI I'M ," HE TOLD 2012. "WHEN TO MIC, 'S MY CLOTH, 'S MY GUAR, 'S MY VOICE, 'S MY SONG."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Veteran screenwrer John Logan mak his directorial but wh “They/Them, ” a Blumhoe horror movie set a gay nversn mp, and his formidable screenwrg prows is what really sets this picture apart om others the horror genre. Kev Ban excels here as Owen Whistler, the head of a gay nversn therapy mp that has the words “Rpect, Renew, Rejoice” on the sign above the entrance. “Gay people are A-OK wh me!

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Ban also said he appreciat the attentn he got om the gay muny for 'Wild Thgs'.

In openly gay wrer-director John Logan’s film, vulnerable queer recs, led by non-bary actor Theo Germae’s Jordan, arrive both optimistic and skeptil to Whistler, unr the imprsn they’re seekg ultimate happs. In the slasher world, the tradn was to take thgs that society had emed morally wrong such as dg e, premaral sexualy, homosexualy, goofs, race, oby, anythg, and kill those people.

” There’s no way that there weren’t gay men g up to you on the streets and acknowledgg that role.

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